Rio Blanco SWCD

03/01/2024

08/03/2020

Rex Isom is also the field representative for the Crosby County Rio Blanco Soil & Water Conservation District. Rex is a true leader and advocate for conservation and preserving our natural resources.

05/10/2020

We are so proud of our young conservationists! Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations to our 2020 Essay Contest Winners! Wyatt Terrell represents the Menard County SWCD #215 and Ty Cornelius represents the Crosbyton SWCD #107. Read the full list of 2020 Conservation Award Winners here: https://bit.ly/2ygDxtW

01/14/2019

!!!Auxin Training Update!!!

ALL Applicators and Employees MUST take an Auxin Training in 2019 to Apply Dicamba and 2,4-D products on cotton!

There are changes from 2018!!!

-Only licensed applicators can apply Dicamba products.

-Non licensed applicators may apply 2,4-D products BUT MUST still receive Auxin Training.

-The training is now 100 minutes and applicators will receive 2 CEUS.

If you need to obtain your pesticide applicators license, please call our office at 806-675-2347. We can help you.

Plan to attend our Auxin Training on February 4th! We promise good food! There will be no cost for this Auxin Training!

01/12/2019

The 2019 Caprock Crop Production Conference will be January 25th! We are giving 10 CEUs, giving away a rifle & an Ipad! You wont want to miss this! Call the Crosby County or Floyd County Extension Office to pre-register!

08/30/2018

08/28/2018

Join us Thursday September 6 for our 13th Annual TAWC Field Day!! Free of charge, lunch served, CEUs: 7 CCA, 2 TDA
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/tawc/events.php

07/03/2018

Rio Blanco directors & staff we would like to thank all the men, women, and families who serve our country and protect our freedoms! Please have a safe and happy July 4th.

07/02/2018

Twenty Texas FFA members will be competing July 9-13th for top honors in the annual Soil Stewardship Public Speaking Contest. Qualified first and second place winners from each of the FFA’s ten areas in Texas are entitled to compete at the state level. The contest is held in conjunction with the 9...

05/14/2018

David Basinger of Deport was elected on May 1st to serve on the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB). Basinger represents TSSWCB State District IV, which consists of 51 counties in the Piney Woods and Eastern Gulf Coast regions, encompassing 37 Soil and Water Conservation Distri...